10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EF58 109 at Shinagawa 19840608: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 2. JR east EF58 61 salonexpresstokyo: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 3. EF58-154 of JNR: Lover of Romance Fujifilm FinePix S9100· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. EF58-93 of JNR: Lover of Romance· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JNR-EF58-36EL-Hiroshima: Taisyo· CC BY 3.0
- 6. JR East EF58-61+PC12: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 7. EF58-1-京都駅-78-01: Gohachiyasu1214· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. EF58-1-京都駅-78-02: Gohachiyasu1214· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JNR ef58 36 nire osaka: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 10. EF58 44 Takatori Open Day 19990822: Deer in alcove· Public domain
what is it?
The Class EF58 (EF58形) is a class of Japanese 2-C+C-2 wheel arrangement DC electric locomotives. 172 locomotives were built between 1946 and 1958.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946–1958
- number built
- 172
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Toshiba, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Electric, Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- (2′Co)(Co′2)
- length
- 19.9 m
- weight
- 115 t
- Dutch name
- JNR EF58
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3892994, Wikipedia: JNR Class EF58 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.